Handel's Messiah: A Celebration

An authority on eighteenth-century music explores the background and composition of Messiah and gives the complex subsequent history of the work. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and facsimiles of Handel's autograph score illustrate the text. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Summary

An authority on eighteenth-century music explores the background and composition of Messiah and gives the complex subsequent history of the work. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and facsimiles of Handel's autograph score illustrate the text. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product details

• Authors: Richard Luckett
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.1995
• EAN: 9780156001380
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600138-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 4531 g
• Series: Harvest Book; Harvest Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC: Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC: Musical Instruments / Guitar, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Jazz, MUSIC: History & Criticism, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Blues, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Electronic, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Dance, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Classical, MUSIC: Instruction & Study / Voice